Los Angeles, Dec 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The celebrity chef and talk show host did a hot and sizzling photo shoot for the FHM Magazine, six years ago in 2003. And now FHM released a list in which it named the 100 Sexiest Women, and Rachel is at number 100. Because of this, her photos are in huge demand, as those photos created quite a bit of controversy way back then.

The Top 100 ranked list also features Hilary Duff, Megan Fox (number one), Kate Hudson, Evangeline Lilly, Elisha Cuthbert, Adriana Lima, Vanessa Hudgens, Diora Baird, Lindsay Lohan, Madeline Zima, Ashley Tisdale, Iron Man 2’s Scarlett Johansson, Heidi Montag, Frieda Pinto, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Hathaway, Liv Tyler, and Anna Faris.

Ray was in her mid thirties, when she posed for the pictures. “I thought about it for a while, and I said, ‘You know what? This magazine has as young as 17-, 18-year-olds in hottie bikinis, and these are all actresses. Models, pin-up girls. I don’t belong to any even remote club of theirs,” Ray tells Nightline’s Cynthia MCFadden.

“And I thought, ‘If I’m gutsy enough to do this, this is a good thing for everybody. This is the everywoman, here she is,’ she added. “And I did it, and it was the most scared I’ve ever been, and I wouldn’t change a thing. I’d do it again tomorrow.”

In 2003, however these photos kicked up quite a storm and even Rachel’s mother was upset with her over this decision of hers, but today courtesy those photos, Rachel Ray has been named as the 100th Sexiest Women, by the FHM